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chessboard

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A square playing surface divided into eight rows and eight columns, forming sixty-four equal squares arranged in an alternating pattern of colors across both rows and columns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a checkerboard used to play chess

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chess board

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: checkerboard, checker board

History

Etymology

From chess + board.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skaakbord — square board used in the game of chess
  • Arabic: رَقْعَة اَلشَّطْرَنْج (raqʕat aš-šaṭranj) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Bashkir: шахмат таҡтаһы (şaxmat taqtahı) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Bulgarian: шахма́тна дъска́ (šahmátna dǎská) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Catalan: àbac — square board used in the game of chess
  • Catalan: escaquer — square board used in the game of chess
  • Chinese Cantonese: 棋盤 /棋盘 — square board used in the game of chess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棋盤 /棋盘 (qípán) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Czech: šachovnice — square board used in the game of chess
  • Danish: skakbræt — square board used in the game of chess
  • Dutch: schaakbord — square board used in the game of chess
  • Esperanto: ŝaktabulo — square board used in the game of chess
  • Faroese: talvborð — square board used in the game of chess
  • Finnish: shakkilauta — square board used in the game of chess
  • Finnish: šakkilauta — square board used in the game of chess
  • French: échiquier — square board used in the game of chess
  • Old French: escheker — square board used in the game of chess
  • German: Schachbrett — square board used in the game of chess
  • Greek: σκακιέρα (skakiéra) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Hebrew: לוח־שחמט (luakh-shakhmat') — square board used in the game of chess
  • Hindi: बिसात (bisāt) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Hungarian: sakktábla — square board used in the game of chess
  • Irish: ficheall — square board used in the game of chess
  • Irish: clár fichille — square board used in the game of chess
  • Italian: scacchiera — square board used in the game of chess
  • Japanese: チェスボード (chesubōdo) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Korean: 체스판 (cheseupan) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Latin: scaccarium — square board used in the game of chess
  • Macedonian: шаховска табла (šahovska tabla) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Malay: papan catur — square board used in the game of chess
  • Maltese: skakkiera — square board used in the game of chess
  • Mongolian: шатрын хөлөг (šatryn xölög) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Nogai: шатыраш тактасы (şatıraş taktası) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Norman: êchitchi — square board used in the game of chess
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjakkbrett — square board used in the game of chess
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjakkbrett — square board used in the game of chess
  • Plautdietsch: Schachbrat — square board used in the game of chess
  • Polish: szachownica — square board used in the game of chess
  • Portuguese: tabuleiro de xadrez — square board used in the game of chess
  • Romanian: tablă de șah — square board used in the game of chess
  • Romanian: eșichier — square board used in the game of chess
  • Russian: ша́хматная доска́ (šáxmatnaja doská) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Sanskrit: चतुरङ्गफलक (caturaṅgaphalaka) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Serbo-Croatian: шаховска табла — square board used in the game of chess
  • Serbo-Croatian: шаховница — square board used in the game of chess
  • Serbo-Croatian: šahovska tabla — square board used in the game of chess
  • Serbo-Croatian: šahovnica — square board used in the game of chess
  • Slovak: šachovnica — square board used in the game of chess
  • Slovene: šahovnica — square board used in the game of chess
  • Spanish: tablero de ajedrez — square board used in the game of chess
  • Swedish: schackbräde — square board used in the game of chess
  • Tagalog: ahedresan — square board used in the game of chess
  • Thai: กระดานหมากรุก (grà-daan-màak-rúk) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Turkish: satranç tahtası — square board used in the game of chess
  • Ottoman Turkish: سطرنج تختهسی (satranc tahtası) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Ukrainian: шахівниця (šaxivnycja) — square board used in the game of chess
  • Vietnamese: bàn cờ — square board used in the game of chess
  • Volapük: cögaboed — square board used in the game of chess
  • Yiddish: שאָכברעט (shokhbret) — square board used in the game of chess
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